Antoine-Joseph LORIOT, Mémoire sur une découverte dans l'art de bâtir... La méthode de composer un ciment ou mortier propre à une infinité d'ouvrages, tant pour la construction que pour la décoration ; [bound with continuation] Julien Pierre de LA FAYE, Recherches sur la préparation que les romains donnaient à la chaux dont ils se servoient pour leurs constructions, & sur la composition & l'emploi de leurs mortiers, Paris, l'auteur, 1774 & Impr. Royale, 17771 vol. in-8°: 53p.; vip. 83-xip. Bound in contemporary half calf, spine decorated, red title-piece, cap worn, one jaw split over a few centimeters. Paper on boards replaced. Theoretical and scientific work on the composition of cements and mortars, to be compared with other works on this subject from the end of the 18th century, which greatly advanced construction techniques.

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